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    Will thick DPM sheet act as a poor mans decoupling membrane?

    Hi, I've put some latex self level on a ply overlay(all done right) and wondered if I could use some thick DPM sheet as a decoupling membrane - am totally skint and wondered if anyone has tried this or what you think please? cheers
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    Decoupling Membrane suppliers

    Hi Looking for advice for decoupling membrane. I have around 60m2 to tile with 20mm limestone tiles. Main room is 40m2 with expansion gap in mmiddle. I have put wet UFH and screeded with sand cement. Screed has been down and 10 weeks now and heating has been on full blast with no problems...
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    Advice on Tiling over a bitumen tanking membrane on an external balcony.

    Hi. I have a leaking balcony on my property it’s 3.5m x 1.25m so not large. Its a concrete floor with brickwork sides. I have put down a bitumen based tanking membrane I would like to know the best way to put tiles down on top of this. any help would be appreciated. Charlie
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    Mapei liquid membrane safe with kerdi?

    is mapei liquid membrane ok to come into contact with kerdi? Hello First time poster- embarking on a wetroom project. I wonder if you can help with this first query please ... the wall area I’m going to tile will have kerdi matting but planning to also apply mapei liquid waterproofing membrane...
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    UFH decoupling membrane

    Has anybody purchased any of the red decoupling matting now supplied by the UnderFloorHeatingStore. For the pro grid system they previously used the xoxo one by dura. Now they’re using a red one which I’ve seen on Alibaba from Chin. Anybody even tried any of these matings from China? Is this...
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    Kerdi membrane around a bath

    Hi, I have used Kerdi membrane several times around showers but never around a bath and would like some advice please. Ill attach a pic, but my question is should the Kerdi membrane run behind the bath. I.e. the membrane fitted and then the bath installed up to it. Or is it ok to install the...
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    Liquid membrane, Durabase FX combination question

    Hello all, As i progress with my project I ran into a doubt as follows: I am currently tiling a bathroom floor. I have laid down a single coat of a liquid sealing compound (weber 822), but then decided to lay Durabase matting over this, as I believe it will work better on the different joints...
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    Porcelain Porcelain tiles and decoupling membrane?

    Hi all, I would appreciate some professional advice please. I have 10mm porcelain tiles for a garden front path leading to door. The path will be reinforced 120mm concrete. I am also laying these tiles just inside the door, as this will be part of the same concrete slab, however, the tiles...
  9. J

    Ditra membrane confusion

    Afternoon all, I'm currently in the middle of renovating my bathroom and I'm close to tiling the floor. I've only ever tiled a floor once and that was just onto a self leveling compound. Considering it's upstairs I've fixed a plywood subfloor down for added strength and flatness but I'm very...
  10. M

    Membrane required or not

    Hi I am looking to lay porcelain tiles in a bathroom with wet underfloor heating. The ufh has been commissioned. The floor is a liquid screed and the Laitance has been removed. The screed got pumped in about 4-5 months ago. Can I tile straight on to the floor and using a primer or should I an...
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    Sheet Membrane vs Liquid Applied membrane

    Theres been a recent resurgence of projects (here in NZ) using sheet membranes and Im baffled as to why. I am struggling to find any benefit in using them and we are losing out on jobs because it is too expensive, both in material cost, labour and time. Some of the solvents used are also highly...
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    What adhesive should I buy to apply kerdi membrane

    I know it has to be unmodified but which one is it? I usually use bal, and schluter says to use unmodified thin set. Which is an American term for adhesive? Thanks for the help!
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    Uncoupling membrane and insulation

    I have posted on the forum before about an awful tiling job I had done several months ago. I have found another local recognised tiler who will be redoing the work. He has recommended that I do not need the uncoupling membrane. Any thoughts on this? I am not necessarily questioning his opinion...
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    Polythene tanking membrane .

    I'm thinking about this more and more lately, I can get codex hydrostop at a stupid price ( which is like ditra Kerdi membrane ) now when tanking a shower area rather than messing about with liquids why not just put this sheet up . Even if you use Jackoboard rather than mess about with sealing...
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    Membrane penetrations

    Considering using Schluter wall membrane and the Ditra-Heat mat on the floor. How anal do you need to be around pipes, cables and screws that penetrate through your waterproofing layer. I will be fitting the shower shown below with cable and pipe penetrations through the wall. I know there is...
  16. K

    Tiles won’t stick to bsa membrane

    hi advise is needed please I’m not a professional, we installed a wet room in December Maxxus former Bsa membrane Mapei flexible adhesive Ceramic tiles Thought we had done a good job however this week we have noticed some of the tiles are squishing water through when we lifted said tiles they...
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    Tiling on cavity membrane

    Hello, Looking for some advice on a very small basement shower room job I have on. Currently stripped back to brick, drainage installed, about to receive mesh membrane to walls and floor. What's the best product to dot and dab onto membrane to receive the tiles? What's the best solution...
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    Wet room floor membrane

    I am building a small wet room which is 900 x 1850. I am using an AKW Tuff form 900 x 1400 former so there is a 450mm gap at the end which needs to be raised to the level of the former (22mm). The former and the filler piece will be screwed down to the same sub-strait so there is limited...
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    The all singing all dancing do it all uncoupling membrane

    Or so Bal say, here's there new membrane... I think the same system has been released in America for some time under the Ardex name. BAL Flexbone – the architect’s choice for fast track floor tiling on any substrate | netMAGmedia Ltd -...
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    Decoupling membrane over ply

    I know this kind of thing comes up all the time, but i cant find anywhere for this. In my kitchen i have a 16mm floorboard floor. When i tile bathrooms i remove the floor, board with 18mm ply, board with 9mm and durables the lot. My question is, i cant remove the floor and height is an issue...

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